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§ ita § - Sep 08, 2008 8:24:42 am PDT #7587 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Request for suggestions: Best pick for open source OS X office suites that are Office compatible? Are any .docx compatible yet?


Sophia Brooks - Sep 08, 2008 9:57:16 am PDT #7588 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Does anyone know if you can do a mail merge to email WITH attachments? My email is in word, my mailing list is in excel, and I have 2 pdf's that I want to attach. I tried Word help and didn't see anything.


omnis_audis - Sep 08, 2008 11:16:11 am PDT #7589 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Ita, I use NeoOffice, and it's been fine. I will say, my use of OFFICE is limited and pretty basic. Not sure if it will be fully compatible with advanced features. YRMV. Worth a look. It does *not* require installing X-11. So typical keyboard shortcuts still use the command key, not the option key.


Gudanov - Sep 08, 2008 11:50:05 am PDT #7590 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

There is OpenOffice 3, it supports docx. However, it is only at the RC stage right now.

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§ ita § - Sep 08, 2008 12:18:23 pm PDT #7591 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's not going to be free, is it? Well, it will be much more affordable.


Gudanov - Sep 08, 2008 12:20:52 pm PDT #7592 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I'm pretty sure it will be free. I have OpenOffice 3 installed and it works pretty well for the light duty stuff I do.


§ ita § - Sep 08, 2008 12:23:51 pm PDT #7593 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Right--Star Office isn't free.


le nubian - Sep 08, 2008 12:36:01 pm PDT #7594 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Sophia,

mail merge was the bane of my existence. the only suggestion I can offer is try thunderbird. they have a mail merge add-on that worked really well for me.


beth b - Sep 08, 2008 2:26:40 pm PDT #7595 of 25501
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

anybody signed up for AT&T uverse? I seem to have done it. It looks like it will save me money -- and it solves my non-HD dvr problem .

and any one use VOIP as there main phone? I didn't do that ( but I did change my phone plan) - just curious if it works for anyone


Sophia Brooks - Sep 08, 2008 2:33:30 pm PDT #7596 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thank you le nubian